Øyvind Sørensen (29 April 1887 – 11 October 1962) was a Norwegian illustrator. He was born in

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipal ...

, Norway. Most of his career was spent as an illustrator for the newspaper ''

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'', where he worked for over a period of fifty years. Also, there were records of him working for some satirical magazines. Many of his illustrations where represented on various museums and institutions, including the

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, Oslo Bymuseum and

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. During various points in his life, Øyvind Sørensen trained under Johan Nordhagen,

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, Stanley Anderson and

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Career at Aftenposten

Øyvind Sørensen's first stint at ''Aftenposten'' began in 1909. It lasted until 1914, when he left to work for other publications. He joined ''Aftenposten'' again in 1918, and worked there until 1957. Besides ''Aftenposten'', his work also appeared in magazines, comic books and Christmas booklets. His work in the Christmas booklets, especially the portraits, were highly popular. One of his best works of illustration was in Henry Haugstøls's books on the old Christiania and '' Trangviksposten''. Sørensen held many solo exhibitions during his career. In 1964, the Artists' Association in Oslo organized a memorial exhibition in his honor. Sørensen was also commercially successful because his works were bought by several famous institutions. Among his clients were the National Museum of Fine Arts,

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and the

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References

20th-century Norwegian illustrators 1887 births 1962 deaths Artists from Fredrikstad Norwegian magazine illustrators {{norway-artist-stub